Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 225, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 October 1917 — EDWARD CASEY UNDER ARREST [ARTICLE]

EDWARD CASEY UNDER ARREST

SHERIFF AT ROCK ISLAND, ILL.. HAS FUGITIVE WANTED IN JASPER COUNTY. Sheriff Ben D. McColly received a telegram Sunday night from the sheriff at Rock Island; DI., informing him that Edward Casey had been arrested and would be held until the Indiana flfflcers arrived for him. Casey is charged with desertion and will be held in the jail here pending his trial or will be released if he is able to give bond in the amount of |l,ooo. John Robinson, deputy sheriff, left for Rock Island on the 10:30 a. m. Chicago train. It is understood that Casey has been eluding the officers for some time and that the authorities have been lokoing for him.